Rail-anchor



R. FAmEs.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9| 1919.

1,392,407 l I Patented oct, 4,1921.

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R. FARIES.

RAIL ANCHOR. APPLICTIONFILED DEC. 9. 1919.

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To all whom t may concern Be it y known that I', VROBERT -FARIES, Y a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Pittsburgh, -in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have-made a new Vand useful Improvement in Rail-Anchors, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway tracks and 'bined with a tie plate and Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a plan of part of a cross tie and rail equipped with my device in that form; Fig. 2 is a vertical section transversely of the rail andtaken on line 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a plan of a modified anchor disassociated from the tie plate; Fig. 4 is an elevation of the anchor shown in Fig. 3; Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively, plan and elevation of another modification.V

In the preferred form, a rectangular tie plate 1'is spiked to the cross tie and provided with a shoulder ridge 2 adapted to extend parallel with the rail and engage one side ofthe rail base. A cooperating shoulder ridge 3 presents converging' surfaces 4 and 5 at horizontal angles to the side of ridge 2 and spaced far enough away from the same to admit the base of a rail between them with a substantial margin between the edge of the rail flange and the nearest point on ridge 3 when ridge 2 contactsv with the rail base.

I insert small rollers 6 and 7 between surfaces 4 and 5 respectively and the rail base. The diameter of these rollers is less than the distance between the rail and the outer portion of either surface 4 or 5 but is larger than the distance between the rail and the inner portion of either of the converging surfaces so that the roller members act as wedges between the rail and ridge 3.

A spring member 8 fits around ridge 3 and its ends form spring clips 9 and 10 which Specrcationof Letters Patent.

Patented oet.. 4, 1921.

Application niea December 9. 1919. -seriei Ne. 343,587.

`respectively engage rollers 6 and 7 and tend to keep them in contact` with the railbase and ridge 3. I protect rollers 6 and 7 and Vthe sp-ring clips 9 and 10 from dirt and rain with a cover plate l1 which also prevents disassembly ofthe rollers from the other anchor parts. y

Any movement of the rail'in the direction of arrow A will be resisted by thewedging `action of roller6. Movement in the opposite direction will be resisted by roller 7. I prefer to make the rollers of hard steel and groove or knurl their surfaces so as to cause them to bite into the contacting rail and ridge.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the anchor does notconstitute part of the Vtie plate nor is it necessarily spiked to the tie.

The anchor is assembled with the rail base adjacent the side of the tie and initial movement of the rail toward the tie causes the anchor to engage the tie and wedge the rail. The ridges corresponding to ridges 2 and 3 are provided with integral top flanges 12 and 13 respectively which approach each other and engage the top of the rail base.

This prevents the anchor from dropping below the rail. The adjacent faces of flanges 12 and 13 are so spaced from each other that the anchor may be canted to be applied to or be removed from the rail or to be slid along the rail to a tie engaging position.

It will be understood that every tie is not provided with an anchor and that in the event of one way traiiic over the track only creeping movement in the direction of the traffic need be resisted. In this modification only one inclined surface, 14 and one roller, 15 are provided for each anchor.

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a modification in y which the anchor resists creeping movement in either direction and is especially adapted for use around slip switches, draw bridges, terminals and other special track installations. vThis anchor is assembled with the rail similarly to the anchor illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. Here, however, it is positioned approximately midway between two ties and braced against both of them and in this modification two inclined surfaces and two rollers are used in each anchor.

The advantages of mydevice are its simplicity, strength and absence of any machine work necessary to put it into service. The rail is not cut or drilled for assembly with the anchor and the latter may be positioned at any point on the rail either when installed or at any later time when readjustment may be desirable.'` The wedging or llocking operation is simple and the greater the force moving or tending to movethe rail, the tighter the rail is gripped by the anchor.

'I claim Y Y Y 1. In a rail anchor, a vertical, rail engaging ridge, an inclinedridge spacedV therefrom, a roller adapted to contact with said 'inclined ridge and the sideof a rail positioned'between said ridges, and means for Amaintaining Contact of said roller with` said inclined ridge and the rail.

V2. In a rail anchor, a ridge adapted to engage one side of a rail, a ridge spaced therefrom and having a surface inclined toward the rst mentioned ridge, rotatable rail Y wedging members adapted to inserted between. said ridges and means for yieldingly holding said members in rail wedging position along saidrinclined surface. Y f

`3. In a rail anchor, a base plate, an'upstanding flange extending longitudinally thereof and substantially from end to end, a relatively short, upstandingV ridge spaced from saidy ange and provided with vertical Y surfaces/inclined toward said flange, wedgsaid wedging members alongl said inclined .Y

surfaces. 1

In testimony Ywhereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name thisA 28thday opNovem-V lor-1,1919; Y Y

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